Pottawattamie County sheriff's investigators said two men were working with the backhoe around 9:30 a.m., when it somehow tipped and fell into a small body of water west of Crescent.

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The operator of the backhoe was trapped inside the water-filled cab and his co-worker had to break out the glass of the cab in order to get him out, according to investigators. Iowa State Patrol trooper Tim Sieleman also arrived at the scene and helped with the rescue.

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The backhoe operator was taken to a hospital to be treated for hypothermia and cuts to his hands from the cab's glass.

Investigators said they didn't know why the two men were working in the area.

Last month, Sieleman rammed a stolen pickup truck with his cruiser to keep it from hitting a woman and her family. In 2008, Sieleman shot a man who tried to hit troopers with a car.